You didn't think two years ago that you would send me down to Wall Street with a clearer head and better courage." "No, indeed, I didn't dream of it, and I can scarcely believe it's true now.

You used to seem to me like gravitation, that would always be the same to the end of time." "Bah! A man is only a man, and he finds it out sooner or later.
There's Jack crying again, and Mary hasn't had a chance to come down.
I'll take the child, for his teeth make him so nervous that he won't stay with the nurse." "I'll try my hand at him to-morrow," said the young girl, and was absorbed in her reading again.
The days passed quickly, and Madge filled them full, as before at Santa Barbara.

As the time approached for Graydon's return, she felt a quiet rising excitement akin to that which inspires a soldier when a campaign is about to open; but to her brother-in-law and sister she gave only the impression of decision of character and youthful, healthful buoyancy.

She was good-cheer itself in the household, and helpful in every little domestic emergency.

The servants and the children welcomed her like sunshine, and she made the evenings all too short by music and reading aloud.